Belgium terror threat "broader than just Abdeslam": interior minister

The terror threat currently facing Belgium is "broader than Salah Abdeslam alone", the country's interior minister Jan Jambon said in a TV interview late Saturday, referring to the only one of the suspected Paris attackers known to have survived.

Jambon told Flemish public broadcaster VRT that threat would not be eliminated once the prime suspect in the Paris terror attacks was caught.

"There are several suspects -- that is why we have concentrated so many of our resources on this," Jambon said, "We are following the situation minute by minute. There is a real threat, but we are doing everything we can, day and night."

According to Le Soir newspaper, investigators are looking for at least two men, one of whom is thought to be carrying a bomb similar to that used in the Paris suicide attacks.

"All the terrorists who died in Paris were wearing one. It seems coherent to believe that the fugitive still has his," the newspaper said.

Le Soir added that investigators were "worried that other terrorist cells would spring into action" and that there could exist other "active accomplices" in Brussels.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Brussels public transport STIB told Le Soir that even if a decision was taken on Sunday afternoon to resume the city's subway and underground tram services, this would not happen "at the click of a finger" -- suggesting it could be Monday morning at the earliest before public transport is back to normal.

A telephone hotline set up to provide information to worried residents about the terror threat level received 400 calls per hour on Saturday, VRT reported. Endi